Inspector General

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someone had to go to [MG Lewis’] room, I would take her to the room or someone else would
take her to the room. So there was never the pretense of anything inappropriate happening.”
Conclusions Regarding Official Travel-related Conduct
We concluded that MG Lewis misused his GTCC when he paid for personal expenses of
$1,121.25 at the Candy Bar club in South Korea, and $1,755.98 at the Cica Cica Boom club in
Rome. The Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) and Army Command Policy authorize use of a
GTCC only for official travel expenses and prohibit using a GTCC for personal charges.
We also concluded that MG Lewis violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice
(UCMJ), Article 107, which prohibits individuals from making false statements related to their
official duties, when he made false verbal statements and a false official written statement
regarding his GTCC misuse in Itaewon, Seoul. His GTCC statement and receipts confirm that
he visited the off-limits Candy Bar club, where he charged $1,121.25 in personal expenses to his
GTCC, and received some form of services or benefits from those transactions. When Office of
the Secretary of Defense staff asked MG Lewis if he made the charges, he denied doing so. He
then executed a digitally signed declaration to Citibank attesting that he did not make the charges
to his GTCC at the Candy Bar club or receive any benefit or value as a result of the transaction.
MG Lewis’ verbal statements to subordinates and written statement to Citibank were false. He
knew that he used his GTCC there and received services. His false statements violated UCMJ
Article 107 because preparing a voucher for official travel reimbursement and executing a report
to the GTCC issuer relate to his official duties. The false statements caused Citibank to remove
the charges from MG Lewis’ GTCC account, causing financial loss to Citibank.
Finally, we concluded that MG Lewis violated UCMJ Article 133, which prohibits
conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The UCMJ, Article 133 defines such conduct
as disgraceful or dishonorable behavior that seriously compromises an officer’s standing or his
character as a gentleman. MG Lewis violated UCMJ Article 133 on multiple occasions during
official travel. MG Lewis drank to excess in the presence of subordinates and foreign nationals.
He visited a club in the “Hooker Hill” area of Itaewon, Seoul, that was off-limits to U.S. military
personnel at the time because of its association with illicit activities. In Rome, he visited the
Cica Cica Boom club, where he drank to “more than moderation” for three hours, and then
brought a female foreign national escort from the club to the Secretary of Defense’s hallway in
the delegation hotel, where he woke up a subordinate in the middle of the night to give him his
GTCC to pay his club bill. In Malaysia and Hawaii, he engaged in physical contact with female
subordinates observed by witnesses where the contact was not incidental or innocuous. In
Hawaii, after MG Lewis drank to the point of not being sober, his attempted kiss necessitated a
female subordinate to reject and physically block his unwanted advance. In Malaysia, MG
Lewis’ close interactions with a female subordinate became a topic of conversation and concern
among members of the travel delegation. In California, MG Lewis invited a female enlisted
Service member into his hotel room twice and conducted official business with her while he was
shirtless and dressed only in gym shorts. MG Lewis’ overall course of conduct during official
travel discussed in this report was unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.